Remain or return? Return migration intentions of Brazilian immigrants in Japan
| Published date | 01 August 2022 |
| Author | Yoshimi Chitose |
| Date | 01 August 2022 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/imig.12922 |
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International Migration. 2022;60:178–192.
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INTRODUCTION
Although stu dies on immigration have traditi onally focused on the determina nts of migration and the assimilati on
of immigrants into the host societ y, the issue of return migr ation has also received growing attention over the past
two decades (cf. C assarino, 2004; de Haas et al., 2015). Emp irical studies indicat e that there are three key factors
that determine immigrants’ return intentions: (1) ties to the origin and destination countries; (2) soc iocultural
integration and (3) economic integration in the receiving societies (Agadjanian et al., 2014; Bonif azi & Paparusso,
2018; Carling & Petter sen, 2014; de Haas & Fokkema, 2011). In gene ral, the literature shows that s ocial and
Received: 23 Febr uary 2021
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Revised: 5 July 2021
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Accepted: 20 Augus t 2021
DOI: 10.1111/imig.12922
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Remain or return? Return migration intentions of
Brazilian immigrants in Japan
Yoshimi Chitose
© 2021 The Author s. Internationa l Migration © 2021 Inter national Organiz ation for Migratio n.
Departm ent of International R esearch
and Cooper ation, National Ins titute of
Population an d Social Securit y Research,
Tokyo, Japan
Correspondence
Yoshimi Chitose, D epartment of
Internation al Research and Coo peration,
National Ins titute of Populatio n and Social
Security Re search, Hibiya Kok usai Building
6th Floor, 2- 2- 3 Uchisaiwai- cho, Chiyoda- ku,
Tokyo, Japan 100 - 0011
Email: ychitose@ipss.go.jp
Funding information
JSPS KAKE NHI, Grant/Award Num ber:
21K01040; Minis try of Health, L abour
and Welfare, G rant/Award Number:
JPMH20AA2007
Abstract
This pap er aims to explore the factors associate d with the
return intentions of Brazilians in Japan. It examines hypoth-
eses dr awn from t wo economic perspectives of migration,
neoclassical econ omics (NE) and the New Economics of
Labour Migration (NELM) usin g survey data obtained from
th e Shi zuo ka Pr ef ect ure . The degr ee of so cio cu ltu ral in teg ra -
tion and immigrants’ ties to Brazil and Japan are also consid-
ered. The findings suppo rt both NE and NELM, sugges ting
that Br azilian immigrants in Japan are a diver se group, dif-
ferin g substan tially in th eir migrat ion motiv ations and f amily
strategies. However, one- third of immigrants are undecided
about whet her to stay or return. In th e future, the number
of intended stayers is expected to increase as s chooling in
Japan is one of the strongest determinants of intention to
stay. Future resea rch should focus on t he transitions of im-
migrants’ retu rn intentions, as the inde cisiveness may exert
a negative impact on immig rant children's integration.
[Correcti on added on 18 Sept ember 2021, afte r first onlin e publication : Acknowledgem ent section ha s been added in t his version.]
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